In 2005, military funded research was carried out by Boston Dynamics in order to develop a robot that could work side by side with soldiers in combat. This robots name was suitably BigDog. Its 240 pound frame, shaped just like a mid-sized dog, is able to carry 340 pounds of gear (“...
Boston Dynamics is a cutting-edge robotics company that's spent decades behind closed doors making robots that move in ways we've only seen in science fiction films. They occasionally release videos on YouTube of their life-like machines spinning, somersaulting or sprinting, which are greeted wi...
Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter gave Michelle Miller a personal demonstration of two of his company's most cutting-edge creations, Spot and Atlas. Dec 15, 2023 07:47 $278,000 robot police dog approved by Los Angeles despite concerns The Boston Dynamics-manufactured canine was offered as...
7 of 18Boston Dynamics Spot the big dog-bot Spot is one of Boston Dynamics' most recognizable robots besides Atlas and SpotMini. It has a dog-like shape andwhat the company describes as"extraordinary rough terrain mobility and super-human stability." Spot enjoys going for jogs,meeting real ...
AlphaDog Proto When AlphaDog Proto came onto the scene in 2011, Boston Dynamics’ military aspirations became ever more transparent. Thanks to funding from DARPA and the Untied States Marine Corps, AlphaDog Proto was capable of varying a 400-pound payload during a 20-mile mission through varied...
almost anywhere.Our mission at Boston Dynamics is to develop a new breed of roughterrainrobots that capture the mobility, autonomy and speed of living creatures.In this talk, the authors deliver a status report on two humanoid and two quadrupedrobots currently under development at Boston Dynamics....
Continue reading “Ask Hackaday: What Good Is A Robot Dog?” → Posted in Ask Hackaday, Current Events, Interest, Robots Hacks, SliderTagged autonomous, boston dynamics, canine, dog, military, robotics, safety, spot Rise Of The Unionized Robots December 20, 2018 by Steven Dufresne 101 Comm...
This giraffe-like creature is the SpotMini, a compact robot that can navigate its way around a house like an actual dog. SpotMini is completely electric, and can operate for about 90 minutes on a single charge. It's pretty quiet for a Boston Dynamics robot, which means it c...
Boston Dynamics has its roots in military funding. While the robot maker has repeatedly attempted to distance itself from its roots and promote itself as a company that sells dancing robots that can do gymnastics, we've already seen its robotic offspring being used to intimidate by institutions ...
Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot exists in two realities. In one, it’s aterrifying harbingerof a dystopian future when robots hunt and kill humans. In the other, it’s the plaything of YouTubers whoteach this robot quadrupedto “piss beer” on command. ...